A central concern about the robustness of democratic rule in new democracies is the concentration of power in the executive branch and the potential this creates for abuse. This concern is felt particularly with regard to the concentration of legislative power. Checking Presidential Power explains the levels of reliance on executive decrees in a comparative perspective. Building on the idea of institutional commitment, which affects the enforcement of decision-making rules, Palanza describes the degree to which countries rely on executive decree authority as more reliance may lead to unbalanced presidential systems and will ultimately affect democratic quality. Breaking new ground by both theorizing and empirically analyzing decree authority from a comparative perspective, this book examines policy making in separation of powers systems. It explains the choice between decrees and statutes, and why legislators are sometimes profoundly engaged in the legislative process and yet other times entirely withdrawn from it. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9781108427623 20190311

15. Aspects of viral hepatitis in sub-saharan africa in the 21st century

16. Hepatocellular carcinoma in africa

17. Biliary disease in sub-saharan africa

18. Amoebiasis in sub-saharan africa: problems and possible solutions

19. Intestinal schistosomiasis in sub-saharan africa

20. Cholera in sub-saharan africa

21. Conclusions: problems and possible solutions.

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Digestive Diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa: Changes and Challenges provides an in-depth examination into the rise of western digestive diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). For those interested in the causes of the major diseases of the `West', the patterns in Africa have always reflected on the emergence of western diseases and elucidated the pattern of these conditions and their clinical course. Coverage includes the present epidemiology of GI diseases in SSA, the trends that are occurring, and the context of other emerging diseases. Appropriate for researchers, gastroenterologists and internists, this book brings together the latest research in a single, complete volume. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9780128156773 20190318

The California Board of Registered Nursing is tasked with protecting the health and safety of Californians by licensing and regulating the practice of nursing in the state. One way it does this is by using voluntarily provided reports of alleged violations of the Nursing Practice Act. This report, as required by Senate Bill 799 (Hill, 2017), reviews the different forms of reporting systems used in California and other states, the barriers to reporting alleged violations that can occur, and provides policy options for the state to consider. In addition to voluntary reports, 32 other states require mandatory reporting in certain situations, such as when an employer fires or suspends a registered nurse. Information from other states and literature on the topic are mixed, however, and demonstrate challenges with both the voluntary and mandatory reporting systems.

1 Illustration, Abstraction, Advertising: Wilhelm Worringer and the Continuities of German Art

2 Hieroglyphic Appeal: The Visual Rhetoric of the German Object Poster, Werkbund Style, and Expressionist Art

3 Promoting Expressionism before Expressionism: Kunstlergruppe Brucke and Theories of the Modern Image before World War I

4 From War to Revolution, from Propaganda to Art: Expressionism and Posters of the Revolutionary Period

5 Expressionism after Expressionism: "Dead" Expressionism and Theories of the Modern Image after World War I

Conclusion: Expressionism as Buzzword

Copyright of Figures

Bibliography.

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In Expressionism and Poster Design in Germany 1905-1925, Kathleen Chapman re-defines Expressionism by situating it in relation to the most common type of picture in public space during the Wilhelmine twentieth century, the commercial poster. Focusing equally on visual material and contemporaneous debates surrounding art, posters, and the image in general, this study reveals that conceptions of a "modern" image were characterized not so much by style or mode of production and distribution, but by a visual rhetoric designed to communicate more directly than words. As instances of such rhetoric, Expressionist art and posters emerge as equally significant examples of this modern image, demonstrating the interconnectedness of the aesthetic, the utilitarian, and the commercial in European modernism. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004358942 20190225

Holy Organ or Unholy Idol? focuses on the significance of the cult of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and its accompanying imagery in eighteenth-century New Spain. Lauren G. Kilroy-Ewbank considers paintings, prints, devotional texts, and archival sources within the Mexican context alongside issues and debates occurring in Europe to situate the New Spanish cult within local and global developments. She examines the iconography of these religious images and frames them within broader socio-political and religious discourses related to the Eucharist, the sun, the Jesuits, scientific and anatomical ideas, and mysticism. Images of the Heart helped to champion the cult's validity as it was attacked by religious reformers. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004384644 20190225

15. Fate of Jewish the Doctors - Members of the Jewish Chamber of Physicians in the Warsaw Ghetto (1940-1943) (Maria Ciesielska).-

16. Coping with the Impossible. The Developmental Roots of the Jewish Medical System in the Ghettos (Miriam Offer).

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Is `Jewish medicine' a valid historical category? Does it represent a collective constituted by the interplay of medical, ethnic and religious cultures? Integrating academic disciplines from medical history to philology and Jewish studies, this book aims at answering this question historically by presenting comprehensive coverage of Jewish medical traditions in Central Eastern Europe, mostly on what is today Poland and Germany (and the former Russian, Prussian and Austro-Hungarian Empires). In this significant zone of ethnic, religious and cultural interaction, Jewish, Polish, and German traditions and communities were more entangled, and identities were shared to an extent greater than anywhere else. Starting with early modern times and the Enlightenment, through the 19th century, up until the horrors of medicine in the ghettos and concentration camps, the book collects a variety of perspectives on the question of how Judaism and Jewish culture were dynamically related to medicine and healthcare. It discusses the Halachic traditions, hygiene-related stereotypes, the organization of healthcare within specified communities, academic careers, hybrid medical identities, and diversified medical practices. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9783319924793 20181022

Book I, Chapter 2, About both of the indies, their first discovery and the Dutch Indian Company

Book I, Chapter 3, Heathenism (Gentilismus). About its name and that of the pagans. What is heathenism? The origin of idol-worship

Book I, Chapter 4, The heathenism of the ancients. First that of the Chaldeans and the Sabaeans. Many of the laws of Moses can be explained from rites that are their opposite. From these derive also the names of the days, named after the planets, and the first idol-worship of the stars. The idol-worship of the Egyptians. The progress of the idols, from the stars to the things under the heavens, finally to people and animals. The Greeks and Romans. Finally, the Germans

Book I, Chapter 5, The present heathenism of Africans and Asians. Former and present Brahmans of the Indians. The people of Gujarat. The religion of the people in the kingdom of the Deccan, in Malabar, Narsinga, Ceylon, Pegu, Etc.

Book I, Chapter 6, The Chinese, Formosans, and Koreans

Book I, Chapter 7, The Japanese

Book I, Chapter 8, The Tatars

Book I, Chapter 9, The American Lapps, first about their land, then about their religion

Second Book about the Conversion of the Indians and Heathens

Book II, Chapter 1, The Greek and Roman Church Fathers who wrote against the heathens

Book II, Chapter 2, More recent and modern authors of works against the heathens

Book II, Chapter 3, The Sibylline Books, their author and the Poemander of Hermes Trismegistus

Book II, Chapter 4, About God, that he exists, that he is One and also how and who he is

Book II, Chapter 5, The world, how it was created and how it is governed

Book II, Chapter 6, About man, immortality and the state of the soul after death, and the resurrection of the dead

Book II, Chapter 7, The sins of the Indians and heathens with respect to the worship of God

Book II, Chapter 8, The sins of the Indians and heathens against a decent way of life, in particular against the sixth and seventh commandments

Book II, Chapter 9, How to convince people of the Christian religion and, in particular, of the divinity of the Scripture

Book II, Chapter 10, The authority of Christ and the apostles and the truth of the Christian religion

Book II, Chapter 11, Where it is taught that the conversion of the heathens also pertains to us

Book II, Chapter 12, How to convert the heathens and what is to be taken care of and performed by churches, universities and politicians

Book II, Chapter 13, Where it is shown what kind of clergymen should be sent

Book II, Chapter 14, Where we show the manner and the means to be used by ministers to advance the work of conversion, negative and positive examples

Book II,

Chapter 15 and last, where the example of the conversion of the Indians and heathens in America by the Reformed and pious Englishmen is presented for imitation

Exploration, trade and conquest expanded and upset traditional worldviews of early modern Europeans. Christians saw themselves confronted with a largely heathen world. In the wake of Iberian colonization, Jesuits successfully christianized heathen populations overseas. In his De conversione Indorum et gentilium, Johannes Hoornbeeck presents a systematic overview of every aspect of the missionary imperative from a Reformed Protestant perspective. The most attractive part of his book may be the global survey it offers of the various types of heathens, an early example of comparative religion. Of equal interest, however, is his critical approach to mission. Hoornbeeck rejects ecclesiastical hierarchy and top-down imposition of Christianity. In this he is perfectly orthodox, and at the same time startlingly original and a harbinger of modern missions. His practical recommendations offer a flexible framework for missionaries, to fit a wide variety of circumstances. (source: Nielsen Book Data) 9789004255449 20190225